KINGWOOD — Financial matters, from grant applications to simplifying the city’s bookkeeping, were before Kingwood Council this week. Council also accepted the resignation of city clerk Kayla […]
Author: Kathy Plum, The Dominion Post
Preston County Commissioners meet with Attorney General over use of FCC Hazelton as quarantine space for prisoners
KINGWOOD — The U.S. Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday declined to say when prisoners will be moved to Hazelton’s federal prison for quarantine. “For safety and security […]
Pennsylvania drug charge leads police to a car stolen in West Virginia
KINGWOOD — A Terra Alta man wanted for failing to return a relative’s car was arrested on drug charges in Pennsylvania. Travis Dean Teets, 35, was arrested […]
Preston County Commissioners allocate $63.3K of “hero’s pay”
KINGWOOD — Preston County Commissioners allocated $63,300 of the governor’s “hero pay” block grant Tuesday. The purchases will include $30,000 for hand sanitizer and personal protective equipment […]
Preston High seniors asked to weigh in on graduation options
KINGWOOD — Preston High seniors and their parents have until Wednesday to weigh in on which of six options they prefer in lieu of a traditional graduation […]
Protesters fight feds on plan to make FCC Hazelton a COVID-19 quarantine facility
HAZELTON — West Virginians from the governor to the state’s federal representatives and local residents are asking the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to reconsider its decision […]
Employee of Pine Ridge in Preston County diagnosed with COVID-19
KINGWOOD — A non-clinical employee at Pine Ridge Nursing Home in Kingwood has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the Preston County Health Department announced Monday. Testing at the […]
Career Readiness teams up with Preston County Chamber of Commerce and schools to work on a new job training project
KINGWOOD — A new collaboration between educators and business is aimed at preparing Preston County’s workforce for where the jobs are. The Preston County Chamber of Commerce, […]
Governor, elected representatives ask Bureau of Prisons to reconsider quarantining prisoners at FCC Hazelton
HAZELTON — Governor Jim Justice, Sen. Joe Manchin and Con. David McKinley are asking the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to reconsider its decision to use FCC […]
Union says Hazelton prison to become regional quarantine site for prisoners
HAZELTON -— U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton has been designated a quarantine site for prisoners, while it is determined if they have coronavirus, and members of Local 420 of […]
